Chapter 1176 Meeting an Old Classmate
The stationery store seems to be larger than the last time I came here, and there are a few more clerks. Zhang Kewei, the boss, usually goes out to run business most of the time, and is not there much. store.
This time Chen Feng contacted him in advance, and he was waiting in the store.
"Chen Feng, it is getting harder and harder to see you now."
In a small office in a stationery store, Zhang Kewei made tea for Chen Feng while making teasing remarks.
"I basically stay at home now and don't come out unless I can." Chen Feng told the truth.
“I don’t believe what you say.” Zhang Kewei shook his head and said, “If you stay at home all day long, what will you do to those women?”
Chen Feng’s romance, Zhang Kewei But he had known it for a long time, and Chen Feng had told him frankly before.
"I said, I won't come out until I can. If you need to come out, come out, just like today."
Zhang Kewei said speechlessly: "You Did you come out because of your woman, not just to see me?”
Chen Feng smiled and asked, "What do you think?"
Zhang Kewei still had some self-awareness, so he complained helplessly: "Sure enough, you forget your friends when you see sex."
"Just be content. , except for Qin Zhen and you, I basically have no contact with the rest of my classmates and friends."
What Chen Feng said is true.
Zhang Kewei smiled and shook his head: "Then I am really honored."
With that said, Zhang Kewei raised his teacup and signaled to Chen Feng.
Chen Feng also picked up the tea cup and took a sip. The water temperature was just right.
"How are you doing lately?" Chen Feng asked casually.
"It's not bad. As you can see, my business has expanded a bit now, and I have rented the store next door. But I can only make a small amount of money, not a big one. Fortunately, my business My ambitions have never been high, but for now, I am very satisfied."
"How are you getting along with your girlfriend?" Chen Feng asked again.
This time, Zhang Kewei did not answer immediately. After sighing softly, he said: "Every family has its own problems that are difficult to recite. Ning Jia is good at everything, but sometimes she is too strong and too strict. Therefore, I won’t hide it from you. For the time being, I don’t have any I have plans to marry her."
Chen Feng said with a smile: "What? Are you still planning to break up with her?"
Zhang Kewei said with a bitter smile: "It's not a matter of breaking up, but talking about it. If we talk about marriage, I I must be hesitant. I will definitely not be able to bear the thought of being managed by her like a mother taking care of her son in the next few decades."
"That's true if a man is always managed like a son. Life is meaningless. If you want to break up with her, I support it."
Zhang Kewei glanced at him and said, "In matters of love, outsiders will not persuade you to leave, but you. Not bad.”
Chen Feng said expressionlessly: "I treat you as a real friend, that's why I tell you the truth like this. If it were anyone else, I wouldn't even bother to tell you."
"Okay, then I will Thank you." After Zhang Kewei said this, he asked again: "If I really break up, do you have a good woman to recommend?"
This time it was Chen Feng's turn to roll his eyes at him. .
"You haven't even broken up yet, and you've already thought of a new girlfriend. I guess I misjudged you, I thought you were a devoted man."
After hearing this from Chen Feng Zhang Kewei was a little embarrassed and immediately defended himself: "I just asked casually, I didn't mean anything else."
Chen Feng spread his hands and said: "You also know that the women I know are of very high quality. Even if I introduce them to you, you may not be able to win them."
"You can win, but you can't. My question is whether you want to introduce him to me or not. Of course, I just asked. I have not decided whether to break up with Ning Jia. "
Chen Feng said with a smile: "You already have such thoughts, it will be a matter of time before we break up."
Zhang Kewei sighed and waved his hand: "Let's talk about it."
Zhang Kewei then curiously asked Chen Feng: "You have been dating so many women, have you never fallen out of love?"
"Of course not." Chen Feng shook his head resolutely, "Although I am a bit romantic, I have never deceived other people's feelings. Before I dated them, I made it clear that I had a relationship with them, and I was just more in-depth with them. It's a heterosexual relationship, but it won't be a relationship between lovers and lovers."
"You told them this, and they are still willing to talk to you?" Zhang Kewei felt a little incredible.
"Of course." Chen Feng nodded affirmatively, "Every one of them likes me very much. I can't help it, he is so handsome, that's why he has such benefits."
"You're such a stinker. "Yeah." Zhang Kewei said with feigned disdain, "None of them are because of your money. ? If you don’t have money, they won’t follow you even if you are handsomer than Yanzu.”
“You are absolutely sure. Now is the time when looks matter, as long as you are handsome and beautiful. , if you are popular, you will not lack the opposite sex, you have to admit this.”
Zhang Kewei retorted: "A handsome man can attract the opposite sex, but it is impossible for several opposite sexes to follow you willingly at the same time. You can't deny this, right?"
"Okay, this I can't deny it at all, but if it weren't for my handsomeness, Do you think that as long as you have money, you can make them all willing to follow me? After all, I can't give each of them 100 million, even if I have money, I won't."
< br>Zhang Kewei couldn't refute Chen Feng's words. If someone looked like him, even if he had money, he would not be able to attract the favor of several women including Wu Mengting, Sun Xiaorui, Brina and so on.
Just like what Chen Feng said just now, after all, this is a world based on appearance. Handsome and handsome men are more popular with women than ugly men.
This is an indisputable fact.
"Okay, I admit that you are awesome, okay?"
Zhang Kewei gave Chen Feng a thumbs up.
The two looked at each other and smiled.
At this moment, there was a knock on the office door, and then a clerk opened the door and walked in accompanied by a bald middle-aged man wearing glasses.
“Boss, Manager Chen is here.”
The clerk said to Zhang Kewei.
When Zhang Kewei saw this bald middle-aged man, he immediately stood up from his seat and greeted quickly: "Hello, manager Chen, please take a seat."
Manager Chen He just nodded slightly, with a haughty look on his face, and sat down on a chair next to Chen Feng.
Seeing that Zhang Kewei had something to do, Chen Feng stood up and said to him: "Then you go about your business first, I'm leaving." "No, just wait for me, I will be able to negotiate soon."
Zhang Kewei chatted with Chen Feng for a few minutes, but he couldn't bear to let him go. In fact, he still wanted something from Chen Feng. It would be best to tell Chen Feng in person, but it was not easy to say it on the phone.
The bald middle-aged manager Chen frowned after hearing this and said somewhat unhappily: "Boss Zhang, our next conversation is not suitable for outsiders to be present."
Zhang Kewei smiled and said: "Manager Chen, he is a good friend of mine, not an outsider. How about I give you two more points, a total of 7 points? If you still don't agree, then I won't There's a way "
The bald manager Chen looked at Zhang Kewei, then at Chen Feng who was watching on the sidelines, and then said: "Eight points, if it sounds better, I would like seven points. It's better to find another restaurant. Their boss even invited me to have dinner at Fumanlou."
Zhang Kewei frowned and said, "If it's 8 o'clock, the price should be raised a bit."
Manager Chen immediately shook his head and refused: "I have submitted the price list, which is the original price, and then 8 rebates. If you don't accept it, I can only go to Boss Li."
Zhang Kewei After frowning and hesitating for a while, he finally nodded slightly and said, "Okay, it's only 8 o'clock. When will the contract be signed?"
"Come to my company tomorrow morning." Manager Chen showed a victorious expression. smile.
"Okay, I'll go there tomorrow morning." Zhang Kewei nodded in agreement.
Manager Chen stood up, took two steps forward, and shook hands with Zhang Kewei across the desk.
"It's a pleasure to cooperate."
"It's a pleasure to cooperate."
"Then I'll leave first, and you stay." Manager Chen suddenly became polite and courteous.
Zhang Kewei stood up, symbolically walked him to the door, watched him leave, closed the door again, and then said to Chen Feng: "You have also seen that the competition in our industry is getting more and more intense now. It’s getting more and more intense. In the past, the maximum rebate was 5 points, but now it’s 8 points. These greedy guys said: “Then you should still be able to earn. You won’t agree either.”
Zhang Kewei sat down behind his desk again and said, "You can definitely still make money, but it's not as easy as before. Just like this manager Chen, his company wants to purchase stationery worth 300,000 yuan. My profit Probably around 20%, or even Maybe not yet. Now the other party has taken almost half of it, just for this manager Chen."
Chen Feng said with a smile: "That's not bad. At least you can earn more than 30,000 from this order. . It’s better to make money than not. ”
Zhang Kewei smiled bitterly and said: "But I used to earn more. Now I earn less, and looking at this trend, I may earn even less in the future."
Chen Feng nodded and said: " That’s true. Business is getting harder and harder.”
Zhang Kewei said: "It is becoming more and more difficult to do daily necessities business like ours, but it is getting easier and easier to do entertainment business like yours. A large amount of capital is pouring into the entertainment industry. , high profits and broad development prospects.”
"Okay. Do you have something to tell me?"
Chen Feng sat down again and looked at Zhang Kewei with a half-smile.
After all, the two are old classmates. Chen Feng still has some understanding of his temperament. Moreover, Zhang Kewei deliberately wanted to keep him here just now, so he probably had something to tell him.
Sure enough, when Chen Feng asked, Zhang Kewei touched his nose in embarrassment, and then said with a smile: "You really know me. I won't be polite to you anymore. Here's the thing. . During this time, there was a competitor, the boss Li that Manager Chen just mentioned. He had been secretly messing with me. First he reported tax evasion in my store, and then he He reported that my store was selling fake goods and had infringing stationery styles. Just the day before yesterday, he reported that there were serious fire safety hazards in my store. Fortunately, I passed the test every time, but the other party’s behavior was really disgusting.”
Chen Feng couldn't help but nod after hearing this: "That's very disgusting. So instead of retaliating in kind, did you also report the other party?"
Zhang Kewei nodded and said: "Of course I reported it, but the other party didn't say anything. In turn, they wanted to sue me for malicious reporting and disrupting the market economic order. They even sent me a lawyer's letter. This is secondary, mainly because of him Several times they maliciously lowered prices or maliciously increased rebates, and they robbed me of several items. It’s a single business. If we continue like this, both our families will suffer, and no one will get any benefit.”
Chen Feng asked: “What are you going to do?”
Zhang Kewei immediately shook his head: "No. That's not the case. In fact, the other party should also know that it will not do him any good to fight with me like this. But now we are both in trouble, so we need a middleman to help us make peace. I know if you know me in Xiuzhou. Young man, and now you The identity of the owner of Fengmang Film and Television Company is very well-known, so I would like to ask you to come forward and make peace between us."
"Okay, I agreed to ask the other party. Come out to talk?" Chen Feng agreed immediately.
This matter is just a trivial matter to him, but it is very important to Zhang Kewei, an old classmate. Of course he is willing to help.
"Thank you so much." Zhang Kewei said happily, "The sooner this happens, the better. If you are free in the evening, do it in the evening. I will send you his contact information, and you can ask him to go to Shun'an Teahouse in the evening. The location is at the end of this street, you decide the time. "What do you think?"
Chen Feng thought about it and decided to go to Tang Xinyi in the evening. Let’s have dinner at home. After finishing the meal, we should hurry up. It should be in time at eight o’clock, so we nodded and agreed: “Okay, then eight o’clock in the evening. You can send me his contact information.”
“Okay. ”
Zhang Kewei agreed and quickly sent Boss Li’s contact information and identity information to Chen Feng.
[Li Fuyuan, Fuyuan Stationery Co., Ltd.]
There is also a mobile phone number.
“Then I’ll call him now.”
Chen Feng said to Zhang Kewei.
Zhang Kewei nodded immediately: "Okay."
Chen Feng did not delay and dialed the mobile number.
Soon the other party got through.
"Hello, who are you looking for?"
"Hello, Boss Li, my name is Chen Feng. I am the boss of Fengmang Film and Television Company and a friend of Zhang Kewei. You two I know about fighting each other. Although we are enemies, if you continue to fight like this, it will not benefit anyone. After all, peace makes money, don't you think?" br>
The other party was silent for a while and then said: "Then what do you mean?"
"In this way, at eight o'clock in the evening at Shun'an Teahouse, I will be the middleman, and everyone will come out to meet and settle the matter. Let’s talk openly and make it clear. After all, it’s better to dissolve enemies than to stay together. If you continue to fight, you will both lose.”
"Is this what Zhang Kewei means?"
"It's what he means, but it's mainly my opinion. We are all doing business. If you fight back and forth like this, you will only benefit others, fisherman. Good luck."
After being silent for a while, the other party said: "I'm not free tonight. Let's go to Shun'an Tea House at noon tomorrow. Then we will be formal. Let’s meet and talk things over. Actually, it’s not that I want to fight with him, it’s mainly that he’s taken away a lot of my business. I’ve been running a store here for more than ten years, but how long has it been since he opened the store? Stealing my business, of course I can’t sit still and wait for death.”
This seems to be correct. The other party has been opening a store for more than ten years, and Zhang Kewei suddenly opened a store like his, so he must seize the other party’s business. Some business and clients.
It’s just that you just opened a stationery store and it’s not a state-owned monopoly. Why should you be the only one to do this business and not others?
As for stealing the other party's business, as long as there is fair competition, that is unavoidable in all walks of life.
(End of this chapter)